His voice was the quiet, tired voice that Voss had described in the waypoint.The fourth looked at him.In the formation-frequency sense.The orientation of something that has found the person it has been looking for."Through the function," the Keeper said. "The constraint mechanism. It was designed to constrain the third entity inside me. But the function's organizational logic is the before-time's." “And the before-time's organizational logic reads everything that operates on it." He paused. "Including you." He paused. "I have known you were here for three thousand years." He paused. *"I could not communicate. The function is a constraint, not a communication mechanism.""But I could read, Three thousand years of reading." He paused. "I know what you are."The compression point held the statement.Old Moth was very still.Old Moth was very still.The Dreaming Stone, which was not present but whose formation-frequency presence in the channel that Song Lianhua had opened was still

Just as Kaelen Ashwright was addressing Old Moth, the dreaming stone and the rest of his team, an interdimensional call came through from the formation stone that Ryn Ashenfang was holding.“Kaelen Ashwright, something is happening and you really need to see this." Ryn Ashenfang immediately said as she stared at the formation stone, the call from the interdimensional beam was still rolling.Kaelen Ashwright immediately took a deep breath, he was completely in the middle of something very important. He was in the middle of pulling out the information he had been sourcing for years from the dreaming stone.Ryn Ashenfang, can't this wait any, I'm kind of in the middle of something here?" He immediately said as he beckoned on dreaming stone to continue without interfering or better still don't mind the interference from Ryn Ashenfang.“No, Kaelen Ashwright, it really cannot wait at this point." Ryn Ashenfang immediately says she raced towards Kaelen Ashwright completely ignoring the fact

The man who walked out of the portal which Ryn Ashenfang had just created was Commander Zach and he wasn't happy at all."Commander Zach, greetings.” Ryn Ashenfang immediately said as she bowed her head and looked at Commander Zach.The situation was intense as Kaelen Ashwright, his mother, Sylra Ashwright, Soren Ashwright and the rest of the team including Old Moth immediately stared at Commander Zach.Immediately Commander Zach walked over to Kaelen Ashwright and knelt before him slowly. The light from his celestial high ranking armour was powerful enough to almost blind anyone at the moment.“Kaelen Ashwright, young master, I have been awaiting the return of the last convergent star bearer, and it's finally an honour to be standing…”"I mean kneeling before you." Commander Zach immediately said as he immediately took a deep breath whilst still on the ground.Kaelen Ashwright's parents, Soren Ashwright and Slyra Ashwright weren't the only ones who were surprised by that act from Co

Kaelen Ashwright took a long, steady breath and turned to face Commander Zach directly, his eyes narrowing with a mixture of caution and resolve."Commander Zach, I think we've heard enough whispers and enough gasps for one afternoon.""Old Moth has given her blessing, my mother has given her blessing, and honestly, I think everyone in this room deserves to hear the truth from your own mouth and not from rumors that will spread through the realm faster than fire on dry grass.""So please, Commander Zach, continue and tell us exactly how the god of death, Lord Vandel, is related to you." Kaelen Ashwright immediately said as he folded his arms and stared intently at the old commander.Commander Zach lowered his head for a moment, as if gathering the weight of centuries before he could speak again."Young master, you must understand that what I am about to tell you is something that has been buried under seven seals of silence for over three hundred years.""Even speaking his name in the

The silence that followed Commander Zach's words hung heavy in the air, thick enough that even the flickering torches along the walls seemed to dim in response to the weight of it all.Soren Ashwright was the one to break it this time, stepping forward with his hands clasped tightly behind his back, his jaw set in a way that Kaelen Ashwright recognized instantly, it was the same expression his father wore whenever he was preparing to challenge something far bigger than himself."Commander Zach, forgive me for asking such a blunt question, but is there truly no other way to destroy Vandel once and for all?" Soren Ashwright immediately asked, his voice carrying the calm authority of a man who had faced death many times before."Surely in three hundred years, someone must have devised a method to end this threat permanently, rather than simply hoping to outrun him from fragment to fragment."Commander Zach let out a long, weary sigh, the kind that seemed to carry the exhaustion of centur